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A Kenyan court refused to pause execution of a land judgment because the person seeking the pause had no pending or properly grounded appeal

Kenya's Employment Court quashed four Communications Authority board appointments made without open, competitive, merit-based recruitment.

A lender suing to recover Kshs. 298,500 lost in Kenya's Small Claims Court because her paperwork didn't prove the loan, and was ordered to p

The Makueni Environment and Land Court refused to join a man claiming land ownership to the case because he produced no real evidence of his

A Kenyan worker won Ksh. 1.86 million for a workplace injury, but the court refused to make the employer's insurer pay directly.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a railway land petition because its issues had already been decided in an earlier case.

A Kenyan court gave Nyamira County more time to challenge a Ksh. 57.6 million legal fees bill, but refused to hand over the money yet.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's appeal, confirming that court orders made without jurisdiction are void and canno

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that only a deceased estate's administrator can sue for it, so beneficiary family members were bloc

A Kilifi court awarded a woman Kshs 1 million after finding her criminal prosecution was malicious, confirming that withdrawn charges can co

A Kenyan court cut a KShs. 384,120 group loan claim to about KShs. 109,200 because the lender never specified who owed what.

A Nakuru court awarded a road accident victim KShs 450,000 after the defendants offered no evidence, but cut her medical expense claim to on

A Kenyan court ruled that a plaintiff cannot control who gets joined to a land dispute — necessary parties must be heard even against her wi

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to pause a long-running land case, ruling that winning an appeal later would not be pointless because the tr

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed Sengwer community appellants to add a 2025 land commission decision as new evidence in their Embobut Forest

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed you cannot file a new land lawsuit when you could have joined an existing case, and delay kills stale clai

A Kenyan court ruled that a party can demand original documents even late in a case, and each side must prove its own evidence.

A Nairobi landowner proved he owns his title but failed to prove any state agency actually threatened to demolish his property, so his petit

The High Court at Kilgoris dismissed a request to disqualify the judge, ruling that a judge's remarks in an earlier judgment do not show bia

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a bid to strike out a land appeal, confirming preliminary objections cannot rely on disputed fa

A Siaya court ruled that a land caution filed without proof of any real claim is unlawful, and undoing it mid-suit doesn't end the case.

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title obtained through a forged sale agreement, ruling that a title deed given as loan security never transf